Dimethyl difluoromalonate
[CAS# 379-95-3]

Identification

• Name: Dimethyl difluoromalonate
• Synonyms: Dimethyl 2,2-difluoromalonate
• Molecular Formula: C₅H₆F₂O₄
• Molecular Weight: 168.10
• CAS Registry Number: 379-95-3

Properties

• Solubility: Soluble (45 g/L) (25 ºC), Calc.^*
• Density: 1.31 g/cm³ (20 ºC)^**
• Melting point: -35 ºC (approx)^***
• Boiling point: 170-171 ºC^****
• Refractive index: 1.3721 (589.3 nm 20 ºC)^***
• Flash point: 35.0±20.8 ºC, Calc.^*

^* Calculated using Advanced Chemistry Development (ACD/Labs) Software V11.02 (©1994-2015 ACD/Labs)

^** Fokin, A. V.; Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimicheskaya 1989, (2), P381-5.

^*** Henne, Albert L.; Journal of the American Chemical Society 1948, V70, P1548-50.

^**** Fear, E. J. P.; Journal of Applied Chemistry 1955, V5, P589-94.